Subject: ISS Predictions

Following is a recent report of the International Space Station that I
made. ISS can easily be seen without aid if the weather permits. Sites
on the internet for getting orbital elements include
http://www.space-track.org (very current data from the Department of
Defense), http://celestrak.com (maintained by Col TS Kelso) and
http://www.prismnet.com/~mmccants (maintained by Mike McCants). The last
site contains satellite elements of classified objects.
- Jeff Stetekluh   (jeff.stetekluh@acm.org)


2023-10-01  3:37:02 AM

Station:    Stetekluh House
Latitude:   38 deg 51 min 13 sec N
Longitude:  77 deg  4 min 14 sec W
Height:     38 meters

Pass - From: Sun 2023-10-01  1:00:00 AM EDT
       To:   Wed 2023-10-11 11:00:00 PM EDT

Satellite            ISS           
Catalog Number         25544
Int Des               1998 067A  
Epoch                  2023 274.15017940  2023-10-01 03:36:16 UTC
Drag2                       0.00021034 Rev/Day^2
Drag3                       0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar                       3.8025e-04
Ep Type                     0
Element Set               999
Inclination                51.6415 Deg
RAAN                      163.6789 Deg
Eccentricity                0.0005323
Argument of Perigee        64.9190 Deg
Mean Anomaly               89.5759 Deg
Mean Motion                15.49636051 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution        41822

Semimajor Axis          6796.43 km
Precession              4.9538 Deg West/Day
Period                     92.93 Min
Apogee                    421.92 km
Perigee                   414.68 km

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Mon  2023-10-02  8:18:00 PM     304      2     2158     416   3.3  Illuminated
Mon  2023-10-02  8:19:00 PM     302      6     1748     417   2.7  Illuminated
Mon  2023-10-02  8:20:00 PM     299     12     1346     417   1.9  Illuminated
Mon  2023-10-02  8:21:00 PM     293     22      963     418   0.9  Illuminated
Mon  2023-10-02  8:22:00 PM     277     39      639     418  -0.6  Illuminated
Mon  2023-10-02  8:23:00 PM     215     54      506     419  -2.0  Illuminated
Mon  2023-10-02  8:24:00 PM     164     35      685     419  -1.8    In shadow
Mon  2023-10-02  8:25:00 PM     150     20     1024     420  -1.0    In shadow
Mon  2023-10-02  8:26:00 PM     145     11     1412     421  -0.4    In shadow
Mon  2023-10-02  8:27:00 PM     142      5     1815     421   0.2    In shadow
Mon  2023-10-02  8:28:00 PM     140      1     2225     422   0.6    In shadow

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Tue  2023-10-03  7:30:00 PM     309      2     2096     416   2.7  Illuminated
Tue  2023-10-03  7:31:00 PM     310      7     1683     416   2.1  Illuminated
Tue  2023-10-03  7:32:00 PM     311     14     1277     416   1.4  Illuminated
Tue  2023-10-03  7:33:00 PM     313     25      886     417   0.3  Illuminated
Tue  2023-10-03  7:34:00 PM     319     48      550     417  -1.4  Illuminated
Tue  2023-10-03  7:35:00 PM      87     76      430     418  -2.7  Illuminated
Tue  2023-10-03  7:36:00 PM     121     37      658     418  -2.0  Illuminated
Tue  2023-10-03  7:37:00 PM     125     20     1023     419  -1.1  Illuminated
Tue  2023-10-03  7:38:00 PM     126     11     1422     420  -0.4    In shadow
Tue  2023-10-03  7:39:00 PM     127      5     1832     420   0.2    In shadow
Tue  2023-10-03  7:40:00 PM     127      1     2245     421   0.6    In shadow

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Thu  2023-10-05  7:30:00 PM     300      1     2289     416   3.5  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:31:00 PM     296      5     1893     416   3.2  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:32:00 PM     290     10     1511     416   2.8  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:33:00 PM     281     16     1160     417   2.2  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:34:00 PM     262     25      878     418   1.0  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:35:00 PM     228     31      749     418  -0.3  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:36:00 PM     193     26      849     419  -0.8  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:37:00 PM     173     17     1116     419  -0.5  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:38:00 PM     162     10     1461     420  -0.0  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:39:00 PM     156      5     1839     421   0.4  Illuminated
Thu  2023-10-05  7:40:00 PM     152      1     2233     421   0.8    In shadow